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The following articles have all appeared in Clinical Connections the Ïã¸Ûͼ¿âveterinary services newsletter
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Equine CT Upgrade
Ïã¸Ûͼ¿âEquine has a new, wider bore CT scanner, which improves the service’s diagnostic capacity for neck problems and will help generate a greater understanding of conditions affecting horses, which can help progress treatment methods. -
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Ïã¸Ûͼ¿âSmall Animal and Equine Post Mortem Service
Interview with Norelene Harrington, Lecturer in Veterinary Anatomic Pathology and part of the pathology group providing the post mortem service. Which species do you deal with? We deal predominantly with companion animal and equine cases. Ïã¸Ûͼ¿â 70% … -
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Pioneering Reconstructive Surgery and Cryotherapy for Equine Eyelid Tumour
The Ophthalmology Service is primarily based at Ïã¸Ûͼ¿âSmall Animal Referrals but the team also works within Ïã¸Ûͼ¿âEquine to help patients with eye problems. One such case, treated last year, had never before been documented in scientific literature. … -
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Equine Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Services
The Ïã¸Ûͼ¿âEquine team provides a wide range of therapeutic support for performance and leisure horses. We interviewed Dr Melanie Perrier, a Lecturer in Equine Surgery and a certified equine rehabilitation practitioner. She has 14 years’ experience … -
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Headshaking Treated by PENS
Equine headshaking was successfully treated with a new treatment called percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (PENS) at the RVC -
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Gait Analysis
Ïã¸Ûͼ¿âobjective gait analysis system has substantial benefits. Orthopaedic examination and subsequent diagnostic work-up is a complex decision-making process reliant on observation of the horse under a variety of conditions. -
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New Sarcoid Treatments
Ïã¸Ûͼ¿âEquine was the first veterinary centre in the UK to offer electrochemotherapy (ECT) to treat sarcoids. -
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Canine and Equine Stem Cell Treatment
The Ïã¸Ûͼ¿âis a registered equine stem cell centre authorised by Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) for the production and processing of equine stem cells for autologous treatment of horses -
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Are We Close to an Ataxia Detector?
Ataxia is incoordination and can originate from the vestibular system, the cerebellum or the proprioceptive system, the latter primarily consisting of muscle-nerve stretch and feedback to the spinal cord and the brainstem. By far the most common … -
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The Distinctiveness of Colic in Ponies
Ponies and miniature breeds are much more prone to development of hyperlipaemia secondary to disease and a negative energy balance. Many clinicians also feel that treatment of hyperlipaemia in ponies and miniature breeds is more difficult compared to horses, with animals not infrequently succumbing to the condition.